Arklow house prices
Median sale price, year trend, rents, yields and recent sales for Arklow, drawn from official property data.
In brief
The median sale price in Arklow, Co. Wicklow over the last 12 months is €330,000, up 19.5% on the year before across 140 recorded sales. The median advertised rent is €1,417 a month. Gross rental yield works out at +5.2%. Figures are compiled from the Property Price Register, CSO RPPI and RTB, for the data month shown below.
House prices in Arklow
| Median price (12 months) | €330,000 |
|---|---|
| Year on year | +19.5% |
| Sales recorded (12 months) | 140 |
| New-build median | €395,000 |
| Second-hand median | €310,000 |
Median of open-market sales each year (Property Price Register). Latest year is partial.
| Year | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €270,000 | 156 |
| 2024 | €280,000 | 177 |
| 2025 | €300,000 | 173 |
| 2026 | €332,500 | 70 |
For wider context, the CSO Residential Property Price Index puts the median for Wicklow at €477,500, up 6.4% year on year (May 2026). The CSO figure covers a wider area than the Arklow sales above.
Rents in Arklow
| Median rent (monthly) Q4 2025 | €1,417 |
|---|---|
| Rent, year on year | +10.4% |
| 2 bed | €1,317 |
| 3 bed | €1,553 |
| 4+ bed | €1,673 |
At these prices and rents, gross rental yield in Arklow is +5.2%, or about +4.0% net of typical costs.
What sold in Arklow
The latest of 140 sales recorded on the Property Price Register near Arklow in the last 12 months, as recorded on the register. The register updates weekly, roughly two months ahead of the official averages, and this dataset refreshes weekly from it.
| Date | Address | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Jul 2026 | 36 Hawthorn Dr, Mountain Bay, Arklow | €345,000 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 8 Pearse Terrace, Wexford Rd, Arklow | €200,000 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 18 Fernhill, Arklow, Wicklow | €300,000 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 52 St Peters Place, Arklow, Co Wicklow | €260,000 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 55 Knockenrahan, Arklow, Wicklow | €355,000 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 32 Glenart Dr, Lamberton Ave, Arklow | €295,000 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 21 St Bridgets Terrace, Arklow, Co Wicklow | €70,000 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 3 Bridge Street, Arklow, Arklow | €265,000 |
Prices are as recorded on the register (new builds are recorded ex-VAT there; the medians above adjust for that, these records do not). See this month's sales before the averages update: the monthly Co. Wicklow email below includes the latest Arklow sales.
Planning near Arklow
In the 12 months to 11 Aug 2026, 58 planning applications were granted in and around Arklow. See the Leinster planning pipeline for live applications, decisions and refusals.
| Decided | Development | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 2026 | Permission for retention of: (1) alterations to dwelling and (2) alterations to | – |
| 18 Jun 2026 | construction of a garage to the rear of their property and the Planning Permission for the construction of a covered carport to the rear of the... | – |
| 8 Jun 2026 | demolition and removal of the existing 3 bed single storey detached dwelling ‘Woodview Cottage’ (84sqm) and for the construction of a new 4 bed two... | – |
| 21 May 2026 | construction of two display buildings (Total Area 174sqm), external landscaping and all associated site works | – |
| 20 May 2026 | erect a 6m² extension along with alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout of the existing 73m² storage shed and for change of... | – |
Source: Irish Planning Applications, DHLGH ArcGIS FeatureServer, CC-BY 4.0. Grants within 7 km, keyed to the nearest tracked town.
More on Arklow
- Living in Arklow covers schools, commute and what it is like to live there, with the native calculators.
- Compare against every town in the county in our Co. Wicklow house prices guide.
- Visiting first? Things to do in Arklow covers attractions and walks nearby.
- Nearby: Wicklow, Baltinglass, Blessington, Bray, Delgany, Greystones.
Property data to May 2026, from PPR, CSO and RTB. How we compute these figures
Source: Property Price Register (open-market sales, new builds VAT-adjusted), CSO RPPI (HPM05/HPM09) for year-on-year context, and RTB (RIQ02) for rents. Latest recorded year is partial. See ourmethodology for how these figures are computed.